Support from the Prominent Business Group Brings Additional Early Clout to Diep’s Campaign

(Westminster, CA) – Westminster Councilman Tyler Diep announced today that the Lincoln Club of Orange County has endorsed his campaign for State Assembly.

The announcement comes just a week after Diep launched his campaign with the immediate support of current 72nd Assemblyman Travis Allen and a strong fundraising lead of $260,000 cash on hand. Continue reading→

Orange County Republican Party Endorses Initiative to Repeal the Gas Tax

Orange County, CA – The campaign to Repeal the Gas Tax announces the endorsement of the Initiative by the Orange County Republican Party.

“The Orange County Republican Party is proud to join the fight against this unprecedented gas tax hike which disproportionately affects California’s middle-class families and working poor”, said Orange County Republican Party Chairman Fred Whitaker. Continue reading→

(Orange County, CA) – Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer, Third District, responded to the newly released Orange County Grand Jury Report, “Another Hostile Work Environment?

Orange County District Attorney Bureau of Investigation” by urging victim employees of the District Attorney’s office to call the County Fraud Hotline and the Board of Supervisors to adopt a Grand Jury recommendation to appoint an independent investigator to examine why the OCDA and County Human Resources Services are not being used to report misconduct in the OCDA office. Continue reading→

Last week Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) announced his candidacy for Governor of California. Allen, a firebrand conservative, will no doubt be popular with grassroots conservative activists around the state. The irony is that Allen’s candidacy may end up being a reason why California voters may be choosing between two Democrats on their general election ballots.

There are two factors that, together, augur bad news for Allen, and other would-be GOP governors of the Golden State. Continue reading→

Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens to retire at end of current term

Endorses Undersheriff Don Barnes as her successor

Santa Ana, CA – – Sandra Hutchens, Sheriff-Coroner of Orange County, announced today that she will not seek reelection in 2018 and is endorsing Orange County Undersheriff Don Barnes.

“At the end of my current term, I will have spent almost 40 years in law enforcement and over 10 years as Sheriff of Orange County,” said Hutchens. “It has been a great honor and privilege to serve as Sheriff and I would not even consider retiring if there was not a highly qualified and electable candidate ready to serve. Continue reading→

Santa Ana, CA (May 25, 2017) — The County of Orange received a total of 20 awards in May 2017, including 16 Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo) and four Golden Hub of Innovation awards from the Association of California Cities-Orange County (ACC-OC).

Among these, the initiative to create a new, shared-services Orange County Information Technology (OCIT) organization was designated “Best of Category” in the NACo category for County Administration and Management. Charles Eckstrom, Assistant Chief Information Officer, also received the Innovator of the Year Award from ACC-OC for his work championing innovation as the key to public policy solutions. Continue reading→